storytelling mistakes

Storytelling Mistakes: If I Can Do It, You Can Do ItStorytelling Mistakes: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Storytelling Mistakes: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

We've all heard that speaker, the one with a particular type of poor me story that can actually be dangerous.…

9 months ago
Storytelling Mistakes: Poor Me StoriesStorytelling Mistakes: Poor Me Stories

Storytelling Mistakes: Poor Me Stories

Never play the victim card, on stage or in life. Don’t use your audience as a therapist. Your triumph over…

12 months ago
Storytelling Mistakes: “You Guys” and “You All”Storytelling Mistakes: “You Guys” and “You All”

Storytelling Mistakes: “You Guys” and “You All”

How many of you have heard speakers address the audience as a group? Is it okay to do that? What…

12 months ago
Storytelling Mistakes: Pit of Despair StoriesStorytelling Mistakes: Pit of Despair Stories

Storytelling Mistakes: Pit of Despair Stories

Here’s a simple rule: If you bring your audience into darkness, bring them back into the light. Not every story…

12 months ago
Storytelling Mistakes: The Data DumpStorytelling Mistakes: The Data Dump

Storytelling Mistakes: The Data Dump

WordPress is a content-management platform used to drive over 455 million websites. Written with open-source technologies like PHP and MySQL,…

12 months ago
Stories to Never Tell: The Starfish StoryStories to Never Tell: The Starfish Story

Stories to Never Tell: The Starfish Story

Like the Chauffeur story, here’s a tale that thousands of speakers love to tell but shouldn’t: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=speaker+telling+the+starfish+story A man walking…

12 months ago
Stories to Never Tell: The Chauffeur StoryStories to Never Tell: The Chauffeur Story

Stories to Never Tell: The Chauffeur Story

Like the Starfish story, the Chauffeur story get recycled over and over. In the story, Max Planck, the famous physicist,…

12 months ago